Tantalum (BCC)

Tantalum (BCC)

allotrope
Ta

The common body-centred cubic form of a rare metal inside your phone

← Allotrope of Tantalum

Every smartphone contains a tiny capacitor made of tantalum — this is the crystal structure of that metal.

A crystalline allotrope of Tantalum (space group Im-3m), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 1541266).

Material

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Crystallography

Catalogue identityTantalum — Im-3m
FormulaTa
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupIm-3m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å3.30256, 3.30256, 3.30256
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)16.57316469871799

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)

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